Describing her arduous bus trip, Treasa said: “It takes between four and five hours. I had to be up at 4.30am. The journey is very long.

“There’s nothing at home for us. There’s no alternative but to get the bus. The Government have forgotten about Donegal.”

Fellow breast cancer survivor Anita Murray also stayed at Inis Aoibhinn during treatment, travelling from her home in Ballyshannon. She said: “It’s hard on people from Donegal to come such a distance.”

The residential facility became her “home from home” as she spent five days there each week of her treatment. Anita added: “It’s not like a hospital. It’s a home from home.”

Donegal’s cancer bus service was founded by local man Eamonn McDevitt after he and his wife Lynn both experienced the difficulty of travelling to Dublin and Galway for cancer treatment.

It receives no Government funding and is dependent on the work of volunteers and public donations.